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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Plantagenet Bigg-Wither|nick=Guy P. Bigg-Wither|appt=14 August, 1921<ref>Bigg-Wither Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 197.</ref>|end=August, 1922<ref>Bigg-Wither Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 197.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Plantagenet Bigg-Wither|nick=Guy P. Bigg-Wither|appt=14 August, 1921<ref>Bigg-Wither Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 197.</ref>|end=August, 1922<ref>Bigg-Wither Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 197.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=25 July, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 733}}|end=20 August, 1924<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=25 July, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 733}}|end=20 August, 1924<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>}}

Revision as of 16:04, 8 August 2017

H.M.S. Caradoc (1916)
Pendant Number: A0 (Jun 1917)
28 (Jan 1918)
55 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Scott[2]
Ordered: Dec, 1915[3]
Laid down: 21 Feb, 1916[4]
Launched: 23 Dec, 1916[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1917[6]
Sold: Apr, 1946[7]
Fate: Broken up

Service

She recommissioned on 29 February, 1919.[8]

Caradoc was re-commissioned at Devonport on 15 March, 1923 for service in the Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[9]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 15 July, 1930.[10]

Alterations

Caradoc was fitted with a director in June, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 740.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 222.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 221.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 751.
  13. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/225. f. 225.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
  15. ↑ Bigg-Wither Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 197.
  16. ↑ Bigg-Wither Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 197.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 733.
  18. ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  19. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 375.
  20. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 375.
  21. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  22. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 221.
  25. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  26. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


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